November 2016

‘Shoulder to Shoulder’

By MSgt. Sgt. Toby Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Specialist NEW ORLEANS – For 20 years now, the Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Defence Force have trained together and learned from each other as part of a program administered by the National Guard Bureau called the State Partnership Program. On Nov. 4, Maj. […]

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UPDATE: Remnants of CBI destroyed at Camp Minden

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s 797th Ordnance Company (EOD) and 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) from Fort Hood, Texas, have now destroyed all remnants of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) following the two large magazine burns conducted earlier this week at Camp Minden in Minden,

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UPDATE: Final big burn at Camp Minden successful

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The final big burn of 85,000 pounds of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) and 40,000 pounds of M6 propellant stored in magazine #2471 was successfully conducted today at 12 p.m., at the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden in Minden. Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from the Army’s

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UPDATE: Final burn of Clean Burning Ignitor scheduled for Tuesday

By Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office Updated: The window for the burn this morning has shifted from 9 -11 a.m. to between 11 and 1 p.m. today in order to allow the fog to lift. Thank you for your understanding. PINEVILLE, La. – The last remaining magazine that contains 85,000 pounds of Clean Burning

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